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Samarra
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Samarra is a city in Iraq. It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Saladin Governorate, 125 kilometers (78 mi) north of Baghdad. The modern city of Samarra was founded in 836 by the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim as a new administrative capital and military base. In 2003 the city had an estimated population of 348,700. During the Iraqi Civil War, Samarra was in the "Sunni Triangle" of resistance.
The spiral minaret of the Great Mosque of Samarra (2016)
The spiral minaret of the Great Mosque of Samarra (2016)
Female statuette, Samarra, 6000 BC
Female statuette, Samarra, 6000 BC
The Samarra bowl at the Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin. The swastika in the center of the design is a reconstruction.
The Samarra bowl at the Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin. The swastika in the center of the design is a reconstruction.
Chinese-made sancai pottery shard, 9th–10th century, found in Samarra, an example of Chinese influences on Islamic pottery. British Museum.
Chinese-made sancai pottery shard, 9th–10th century, found in Samarra, an example of Chinese influences on Islamic pottery. British Museum.
Tigris
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The Tigris is the eastern of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates. The river flows south from the mountains of the Taurus in Turkey, then through the Syrian and Arabian Deserts, emptying into the Persian Gulf.
Mosul, on the bank of the Tigris, 1861
Mosul, on the bank of the Tigris, 1861
Bedouin crossing the river Tigris with plunder (c. 1860)
Bedouin crossing the river Tigris with plunder (c. 1860)
Mosul, Iraq
Mosul, Iraq
Outside of Mosul, Iraq
Outside of Mosul, Iraq